Russia gives in and considers accepting bitcoin exchange

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Quote from: stadus on February 25, 2022, 04:42:07 PM

Quote from: dezoel on February 24, 2022, 01:30:32 PM

Better for them. If they banned Bitcoin it is not going to make the millions of people who are already Bitcoin investors there to stop buying and selling Bitcoin. People would still continue as long as they have started. I know a few where the government banned Bitcoin all of a sudden and people quickly decided that it was best for them to switch to peer-to-peer exchanges.

So, the government’s are just wasting their time with banning Bitcoin, because it never works. The smart ones would not ban Bitcoin, rather they would legalize it and welcome crypto companies and exchanges into their country, and use that as an opportunity to benefit from cryptocurrency.

What is important is that they have shifted already into a smart move now, and that to accept bitcoin exchanges that will open more opportunities for the country to be more developed. But i think this is not the focus of Russia right now as their government is still in war with Ukraine who happens to legalize bitcoin too after them. Well its hard for the citizens in Russia right now to withraw in fiat since their banks are also given sanctioned by US, so maybe this is the best time to shift their savings into bitcoin as they can transact it anytime and everywhere they want.

I guess they'll do what seems to be the best for their people. I'd find it not for personal interest but this seems to be a favorable decision by the majority. What happens to Russia in regards to legalizing is a way it helps to make this technology going better and stronger. I'd already visualized this thing before, developing countries will adopt crypto as it was proven that has great help to improve the economic life of individuals. Kinda they don't want to miss it seeing small countries are into it already.

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Quote from: dezoel on February 24, 2022, 01:30:32 PM

Better for them. If they banned Bitcoin it is not going to make the millions of people who are already Bitcoin investors there to stop buying and selling Bitcoin. People would still continue as long as they have started. I know a few where the government banned Bitcoin all of a sudden and people quickly decided that it was best for them to switch to peer-to-peer exchanges.

So, the government’s are just wasting their time with banning Bitcoin, because it never works. The smart ones would not ban Bitcoin, rather they would legalize it and welcome crypto companies and exchanges into their country, and use that as an opportunity to benefit from cryptocurrency.

What is important is that they have shifted already into a smart move now, and that to accept bitcoin exchanges that will open more opportunities for the country to be more developed. But i think this is not the focus of Russia right now as their government is still in war with Ukraine who happens to legalize bitcoin too after them. Well its hard for the citizens in Russia right now to withraw in fiat since their banks are also given sanctioned by US, so maybe this is the best time to shift their savings into bitcoin as they can transact it anytime and everywhere they want.

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Quote from: dezoel on February 24, 2022, 01:30:32 PM

Better for them. If they banned Bitcoin it is not going to make the millions of people who are already Bitcoin investors there to stop buying and selling Bitcoin. People would still continue as long as they have started. I know a few where the government banned Bitcoin all of a sudden and people quickly decided that it was best for them to switch to peer-to-peer exchanges.

So, the government’s are just wasting their time with banning Bitcoin, because it never works. The smart ones would not ban Bitcoin, rather they would legalize it and welcome crypto companies and exchanges into their country, and use that as an opportunity to benefit from cryptocurrency.

Russia has already legalized bitcoin and its a good thing that those citizens will now have to operate not in a grey area anymore but in a very limitless scope. Since legalizing bitcoin simply means that the country is more open to bitcoin trading operations and crypto investors provided that all will follow the policies subjected to it. Not only that, people from neighboring countries will also have the chance to go in Russia so they can start trading without illegalities.

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Better for them. If they banned Bitcoin it is not going to make the millions of people who are already Bitcoin investors there to stop buying and selling Bitcoin. People would still continue as long as they have started. I know a few where the government banned Bitcoin all of a sudden and people quickly decided that it was best for them to switch to peer-to-peer exchanges.

So, the government’s are just wasting their time with banning Bitcoin, because it never works. The smart ones would not ban Bitcoin, rather they would legalize it and welcome crypto companies and exchanges into their country, and use that as an opportunity to benefit from cryptocurrency.

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Has this new regulation really been passed into regulation under the law?
If not, then who knows, it will change again for one reason or another.
Sometimes these countries are difficult to understand because they often make arbitrary statements. Cheesy

But at least, from this news, we can take the positive value of how the jurney of Bitcoin in this country.
This maybe true:

Quote from: 24Kt on February 18, 2022, 05:12:43 PM

Now, they realized the saying, "if you can't beat them, join them".

Within or without any hidden interest and willingness behind, because of some hidden and secret reasons maybe.
At least, we have a little bit of good news about Bitcoin again this time. Although we don't exactly know whether this good news will help Bitcoin makret to recover or not.

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Quote from: beerlover on February 22, 2022, 05:36:24 AM

It is not "gives in", it is realizes the potential profit of it. I mean Russia is about to wage a war, or maybe they won't , we really do not know. However money is something they will always need and if they just accept exchanges and they tax them, there are a ton of taxes to be made from it. Russia is heavily crypto loving nation from the citizens, and if the politicians realize this then they will realize that they will be making a lot of money.

All of those people will use the exchanges and they would end up with paying the trading fees as well and when they do the exchanges will make a lot of money and when they make a lot of money then they will end up paying a lot of taxes and that helps Russia overall.

Acceptance of cryptocurrency in Russia means more income for their government. The news have it that Russia is in the top spot of countries that has the most Bitcoin mining share. Now, imagine how much they would be able to make by taxing all those? And apart from how much this would benefit the government, we all also know that this will benefit the citizens, and will in turn benefit the economy of the country.

So it’s not bad, it’s really a good thing that they realised that it was a good opportunity, and banning it in the country would have been a huge mistake for them. Lastly exchanges would also be more income, as they pay taxes.

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Quote from: sarmrakib on February 22, 2022, 11:24:13 AM

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There are positive and negative impacts of emerging crypto regulations in Russia

The positive impact is that crypto owners are safer because they are legally protected, and the government can minimize dirty transactions using crypto

but the negative effect is that the privacy of crypto users there will certainly no longer exist, everything is visible and tracked by the government

No I won't think so that it has such negative effect in that privacy will be revealed. As much it has been legalized it means that the status is no longer illegal and people are free to transact freely and claim to have bitcoin or show wallet but it doesn't restrict that it will be revealed the privacy of owner, bitcoin in Russia is still decentralised. If you talking about privacy revealed that can be when the government is establishing a bitcoin payment portal and outlet that require to pay in through the bitcoin or cryptocurrency maybe they require KYC. If exchange too is asking to do KYC.

This is always good to know that the negative status has been removed and the made it legal .I was almost sure that they will not able to ban it even restrict it cause the huge amount of user will lost their asset and the way of how they were earning regularly .Now the question has come once again if the gov. want to reveal the user how they will really do it cause the user always want to avoid the KYC system for their privacy.I think we need to wait for the clear regulation if really the want to get the information of the user .Let's see how everything will happen in next .

I think KYC in the latter part will still be required in the long run. Although it could ruin the anonymity factor for bitcoin users, but for me it does not imply negativity. Since starting now, our trading accounts will be more safe since all exchanges are protected by the government and that rest assured that we will no longer fall into fake exchanges. Well, having exchanges with KYC does not really mean to expose our full identity, we are still anonymous provided that we are still the ones who take responsibility for the safety of our own account and password.

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Quote from: dothebeats on February 18, 2022, 05:55:30 PM

It's almost as if they are trying to compete against Ukraine at this point on who's going to be the country wherein Eastern Russia can do their business with when it comes to cryptocurrencies. Russia has a somewhat huge population of cryptocurrency users, and knowing the economic situations of the said country, it really is a smart move for them to just give in and accept that crypto is inevitable, and that people will soon catch up to it and that they just have to build and plan ahead before the massive surge.

Russia is far from Ukraine in the issue of full legalization of cryptocurrency. On February 17, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the law on virtual assets for the second time, fully legalizing its circulation in Ukraine as a means of payment. In Russia, there is still no single approach to this issue. There, the Central Bank still demands to completely ban the circulation of cryptocurrency, and in the Duma there is a bill establishing criminal liability for its use as a means of payment. Therefore, we do not yet know what final decision will be made there. This will depend on many factors, including the state of war with Ukraine and international sanctions.

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This is just their dark plan to move on with the sanctions that have been imposed on them therefore I do not think that we should be considering them saints for real since this is to meticulously calculated at this time again shows how the government body flocked to the house when they saw things collapsing internationally and the only thing that provided then with peace was bitcoins. I do hope that they do not use it to fund their war since at the end of the day that is catastrophic and might be the beginning of world war 3, which is the last thing that we need in the middle of the ongoing pandemic. No one hopes to live with the tanks and the COVID.

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Obviously, there is a good case to be made about the fact that Russia is not doing anything that could be considered "acceptable" at the international level, but at the same time nobody will say no to them neither and care about Ukraine enough. With that in mind, that means Russia could be needing some new income, with the sanctions and a need to create a new taxes or some other method that they need to get out of the difference these sanctions will bring, means that crypto is a great way out for them.

Look at Iran for example, they have been living with sanctions all their life and they are doing fine, not great but fine and that means Russia will do even better. Iran uses crypto to go around some legal loopholes, Russia could try to do that as well, at least Russian citizens could do that. Which is why I believe that they should not be really worried all that much.

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There are positive and negative impacts of emerging crypto regulations in Russia

The positive impact is that crypto owners are safer because they are legally protected, and the government can minimize dirty transactions using crypto

but the negative effect is that the privacy of crypto users there will certainly no longer exist, everything is visible and tracked by the government

No I won't think so that it has such negative effect in that privacy will be revealed. As much it has been legalized it means that the status is no longer illegal and people are free to transact freely and claim to have bitcoin or show wallet but it doesn't restrict that it will be revealed the privacy of owner, bitcoin in Russia is still decentralised. If you talking about privacy revealed that can be when the government is establishing a bitcoin payment portal and outlet that require to pay in through the bitcoin or cryptocurrency maybe they require KYC. If exchange too is asking to do KYC.

This is always good to know that the negative status has been removed and the made it legal .I was almost sure that they will not able to ban it even restrict it cause the huge amount of user will lost their asset and the way of how they were earning regularly .Now the question has come once again if the gov. want to reveal the user how they will really do it cause the user always want to avoid the KYC system for their privacy.I think we need to wait for the clear regulation if really the want to get the information of the user .Let's see how everything will happen in next .

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Quote from: beerlover on February 22, 2022, 05:36:24 AM

It is not "gives in", it is realizes the potential profit of it. I mean Russia is about to wage a war, or maybe they won't , we really do not know. However money is something they will always need and if they just accept exchanges and they tax them, there are a ton of taxes to be made from it. Russia is heavily crypto loving nation from the citizens, and if the politicians realize this then they will realize that they will be making a lot of money.

All of those people will use the exchanges and they would end up with paying the trading fees as well and when they do the exchanges will make a lot of money and when they make a lot of money then they will end up paying a lot of taxes and that helps Russia overall.

By now, I believe, most governments are realizing that there's no benefit of continuously being strict about crypto industry, like banning or not letting crypto-related businesses to thrive under their jurisdiction. Because they have seen that despite of banning in China and other countries, bitcoin and other crypto continue to survive and it keeps on growing. So instead of being hard on this market, why not get the share from it via regulating its existence and getting taxes from this business? And Russia is not dumb about not seeing crypto market as another source of income, now, that they need more funds during this time of possible crisis.

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It is not "gives in", it is realizes the potential profit of it. I mean Russia is about to wage a war, or maybe they won't , we really do not know. However money is something they will always need and if they just accept exchanges and they tax them, there are a ton of taxes to be made from it. Russia is heavily crypto loving nation from the citizens, and if the politicians realize this then they will realize that they will be making a lot of money.

All of those people will use the exchanges and they would end up with paying the trading fees as well and when they do the exchanges will make a lot of money and when they make a lot of money then they will end up paying a lot of taxes and that helps Russia overall.

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Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on February 20, 2022, 11:59:45 AM

[...] I'm wondering if Russia putting out a news story that no doubt will be received favorably (since crypto is extremely popular in Russia and because of cheap electricity must be lucrative as hell), attention might be directed away from the hostilities that are brewing between both countries.

Cryptocurrency is popular in Russia and Ukraine not because of cheap electricity, but because of the fact that the population has a total distrust of the banking system and the fact that the population does not want to pay taxes (by the way, the population cannot be blamed for this, only the government is to blame). As for the hostilities...stop watching the propaganda news, as there is not a single chance that a military conflict will break out between Ukraine and Russia.

You are wrong. Russia has already started an open war against Ukraine, and in fact against the entire civilized world. Yesterday, Putin recognized the independent parts of the Russian-occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, and already at night, Russian troops, along with heavy military equipment, openly entered these territories of Ukraine and stood on the line of contact with the Ukrainian troops.
Now Europe and the United States must fulfill the promise to impose hellish sanctions against Russia if even one Russian soldier sets foot on the territory of Ukraine. First of all, Russia will be cut off from the use of the dollar and the euro. It is quite possible that in this case, bitcoin for Russia will be very useful.

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Quote from: The Sceptical Chymist on February 20, 2022, 11:59:45 AM

[...] I'm wondering if Russia putting out a news story that no doubt will be received favorably (since crypto is extremely popular in Russia and because of cheap electricity must be lucrative as hell), attention might be directed away from the hostilities that are brewing between both countries.

Cryptocurrency is popular in Russia and Ukraine not because of cheap electricity, but because of the fact that the population has a total distrust of the banking system and the fact that the population does not want to pay taxes (by the way, the population cannot be blamed for this, only the government is to blame). As for the hostilities...stop watching the propaganda news, as there is not a single chance that a military conflict will break out between Ukraine and Russia.

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Quote from: molsewid on February 21, 2022, 08:53:36 AM

Quote from: TheGreatPython on February 21, 2022, 08:38:19 AM

There was a saying once that "if you cant beat them join them" this is now happening in the country of Russia where their government join its people because people seem cant get enough of using a bitcoin even though bitcoin is banned already in their country.

Sometimes it takes only courage to get what you desire unlike to other countries where they got scared easily in anything that their government is saying but I guess they are only care about their selves or to their love ones because they can also get in trouble if they wont follow the protocol. Their government might want to do regulations too so that they can also identify the bad actors in the market.

What a precise quotes for the current situation where Russia is in now. I know that it might give a positive feedback to the crypto platform especially bitcoin and I do hope for that. It's true that people are the true power of a nation and that's what it proves by the Russian people to the government. I believe that Russia did a great choice here by considering accepting bitcoin exchanges and hopefully it will be taken legally sooner without any hindrances.

That is what we were expecting and hopping from Russia, but the current conflict between the two countries is now creating problems. whole market is down due to these uncertainty. hopefully we will hear good news from there and which will again turn the market in a positive track. we just need to stay calm and think positive.

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Quote from: TheGreatPython on February 21, 2022, 08:38:19 AM

There was a saying once that "if you cant beat them join them" this is now happening in the country of Russia where their government join its people because people seem cant get enough of using a bitcoin even though bitcoin is banned already in their country.

Sometimes it takes only courage to get what you desire unlike to other countries where they got scared easily in anything that their government is saying but I guess they are only care about their selves or to their love ones because they can also get in trouble if they wont follow the protocol. Their government might want to do regulations too so that they can also identify the bad actors in the market.

What a precise quotes for the current situation where Russia is in now. I know that it might give a positive feedback to the crypto platform especially bitcoin and I do hope for that. It's true that people are the true power of a nation and that's what it proves by the Russian people to the government. I believe that Russia did a great choice here by considering accepting bitcoin exchanges and hopefully it will be taken legally sooner without any hindrances.

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Quote from: paxmao on February 18, 2022, 04:46:46 PM

https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/09/russia-s-government-and-central-bank-agree-to-treat-cryptos-as-currency

From considering a ban to admitting that it is nearly impossible to prevent the use of bitcoin, that is already extended to millions of its citizens that will not stop their trading and holding just for an official ban, the government has chosen a much wiser path, legalise and make sure that the actors of the market are clearly identified and can operate in full compliance with legislation.

There was a saying once that "if you cant beat them join them" this is now happening in the country of Russia where their government join its people because people seem cant get enough of using a bitcoin even though bitcoin is banned already in their country.

Sometimes it takes only courage to get what you desire unlike to other countries where they got scared easily in anything that their government is saying but I guess they are only care about their selves or to their love ones because they can also get in trouble if they wont follow the protocol. Their government might want to do regulations too so that they can also identify the bad actors in the market.

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Russia apparently chose the better path with the green light being signaled for Bitcoin. However, people should still be wary. The legalization is obviously grounded on centralized terms and conditions, ones which are contrary to the Bitcoin spirit. If I am a Russian and has Bitcoin secretly kept in my wallet, I might not be coming out despite the national acceptance.

Bitcoin could only be used with "with full identification, through the banking system, or via licensed intermediaries." Furthermore, "fines will also be levied on those who illegally accept crypto as a means of payment."^[1] That doesn't sound great at all.

[1] https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/133586/russia-set-to-recognize-crypto-as-a-form-of-currency-report

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Quote from: paxmao on February 18, 2022, 04:46:46 PM

https://www.euronews.com/next/2022/02/09/russia-s-government-and-central-bank-agree-to-treat-cryptos-as-currency

From considering a ban to admitting that it is nearly impossible to prevent the use of bitcoin, that is already extended to millions of its citizens that will not stop their trading and holding just for an official ban, the government has chosen a much wiser path, legalise and make sure that the actors of the market are clearly identified and can operate in full compliance with legislation.

It is undeniable that the source of Russia's wealth will be the benchmark that will provide a bit of a big boost. Plus the widely accepted adoption of Bitcoin has had a good economic impact. Russia is the largest country now open to Bitcoin. I firmly believe that this adoption will make price changes. Because the level of speculation in Russia about cryptocurrencies is a hunting ground for investors and elements of the government.

Not to rule out the possibility that after the official financial amendments in Bitcoin, President Putin could have imposed the payment of government salaries with Bitcoin. The most important thing is to be accepted first, after that there will be a lot of good considerations about the payment system.

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